Amazon - Seattle, WA
posted 4 months ago
Amazon has an immediate opening for a Senior Program Manager to join our Devices & Services Finance and Business Integration team. This position supports and can directly influence the launches for forward and reverse logistics operations in the Amazon Devices business. This leader will work closely with the global financial systems team, accounting operations teams, tax, treasury, and others and represent the accounting organization to various stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with business finance and technical teams to deliver world-class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as the ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements, and prioritize. As a Senior Program Manager, you will own and manage lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously. You will work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make financial statement processes easier and more accurate. You will support the expansion of Amazon business by ensuring implementation of controlled processes to keep Amazon's financial statements materially correct. Operating as a valued consultant, you will partner with many different stakeholder teams across Amazon. You will be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of a project to completion and collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds. Successful candidates will have deep experience in the following three disciplines - Accounting, Program Management, and Finance Systems. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.